The Complete Sarranid Faction Overview! 

Another detail about the Saranids I noticed. They earn money really fast. Trading to and from the Saranids is extremely lucrative compared to other factions, and their troops are quite cheap to recruit. Numbers will be your best weapon with them, so pump your character full of charisma.

Sarranid Sultanate is my favourite faction. Looks like I am one of few ppl who likes them. :/ And btw GREAT video (not just bcs of that faction) but that music and comentar just great!

My sarranid experience: Mamluke charge = lots of slaves = quick profit = infinite warchest.

For early game you didn't mention that starting in the Sarranid location means that you will encounter those mounted desert bandits with frequent couched lance damage. This makes early gameplay extremely frustrating. All you end up doing is indefinitely running around in circles 1 vs 37 trying to kill their horses one at a time while your 88 recruits died in the first minute.

I always thought that Sarranid Mamlukes literally looking like tanks with their armored horses and their own armours.

Sarranid Mamlukes better than Swadian Knights? Sounds like Sultan Hakim's propaganda to me but ok.

I kinda steamrolled as the sarranids the map, I wouldnt have guessed that their statistics are so weak. I still like em alot

Started as a vassal of the sarranid sultanate, I never lost one battle in the open field after I upgraded to Mamelukes, also took most of the castles and cities defended by any other faction with a good combination of Master Archers for cover fire, and Mamelukes for meelee, they are excellent in sieges, almost as tanky as Swadian Knights. Very underrated faction, and my personal favorite.

Their master archers are a monumental pain in the ass when you're facing them in a siege assault.

I've always had an interest in desert civilizations, whether they are from North Africa, the Middle East or from Central Asia, so when I first got Mount and Blade Warband I chose the Sarranids. My first kingdom was with Ahmerrad and I expanded through the desert before taking over the Khergits. I never got further than that, partially because of a lack of interest in other Caradian kingdoms.

You should do mercenary troops because they are factionless but still have high tiers and see how they fare compared to same tier faction troops (P.S. great videos loving this thing your doing describing all troops in debt)

I agree on sarranid mamluke being possibly even stronger than swadian knights, but their elite infantry is definitely a lot better than you give credit for. Their elite infantry can easily defeat most of the other faction elite infantry's and whenever I am in a fight with them I am a bit worried, even if I have prepared for many in-game days to fight with them. I generally don't think that there is a weak faction in "mount and blade: Warband" every one of them is powerful, it's just that you have to know how to play with a faction you have chosen, to win. My comment is not an attack on your video (i like your videos), but I ask of you one thing can you try making one on one fights in game, because I know that in one on one fight Sarranid Guard can definitely beat Swadian sergeant, Rhodok sergeant, Veager guard, and 50% chance beating dismounted Khergit lancer.

Sarranid mamlukes are best from the high tier units because their maces do blunt damage so they easily go trough their armour

Sarranid Mamluks is the most dangerous unit for me lmao.... my Swadian Knights are killed by those mamluks, I literary almost lost all of my 230 troops because of them

Sarrannid guards would be made 100 times better if they were given mamluke armour or just those double handed sabres/maces that you always see online

@00:44 Yes "Emir" أمير means ruler. Litterally it means *commander* from the root/verb "Amar" أمر to order or to command.

Do Rhodoks next

For some reason the Sarranids are my favourite faction. They have a beastly position on the map, their mamelukes are great, their master archers can almost trade 1 for 1 with the Vaegirs and sporting a ton of skirmishers/spear infantry right behind the cav can really fit perfectly. They are made to fight in the open fields and just use the terrain to spread the enemy thin and then pump them full of javelins (or maybe that's just me playing far too much floris to be able to tell the base game well anymore)

Ah the Sarranids. My favorite faction and the first faction I joined/used to conquer Calradia. They're a great looking faction and their units are awesome. And with mods like Floris, they look absolutely regal and powerful, an absolute imperium worthy of subjugating Calradia.

First time I went against the Sarranid I was terrified. I had my Swadian knights and I was angry at the prospect of loosing them against the 100 Sarranid troops. I barely lost any troops, their infantry went down like flies. Hoewer I was not that lucky the second time around when they had Mamelukes and horses 😠 I got to spend some quality time in the desert after that...

Sarranids are most balanced kingdom. They have good archers, perfect cavalaries and good infantries If you want to play with one kingdom army go with sarranids

The sandy bois strike again

When you say sarranids I hear *saudis of calradia*

I feel like you should also take into account the geography of the regions especially if you're doing Rhodocks next. My first play through I stopped being a mercenary after Arwa the Pearled One, went into the Sultanate with with about 40 Huscurls and another 40 Rhodock Sharpshooters and led the Sarranid Rebels on a bloody yet efficient victory. I learned how to use the Sarranid to their peak by both massacring them and loosing elite troops to their tactics. Their infantry is aweful but the high level of agility does allow them to run up the enemy throw their Javelins and lure the enemy into a trap. The reason I brought up geography is because the Sultanate is the easiest kingdom to defend by far. The mountain range leaves only 3 points of access so as Marshall its incredibly simple to defend your kingdom's heartland even during multiple conflicts at once.

Take a drink every time he says "probably", "maybe", "kind of" or swallows a word. Pray your liquor cabinet was well stocked.

I love playing as them their designs are unique and interesting

They are basically perfect if you’re going for a trade character Higher speed Knockout capability And strength on just that, the chivalry

Sarranid mamelukes are defentitly the best unit in the game

I wish the Saranids had a different type of house troop instead of the Guards like you can have a “slower” tanky type of Horsemen and a faster more mobile horsemen

I think it would be good if you make videos about real life histories of all factions after these series like a history channel

and sarranid footmen can match lower khergit units in close quarters, dismounted combat. :3

a solid block of sarranid guards will wreck any other infantry, except probably huscarls or rhodok sergeants

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sarranin mamluke more like slave crusher xD. their AI is so stupid why would they thrust using iron mace

Loving this series! Keep going! It makes me wanna play Warband

6:52 OH COME ON!! HIT SOMETHING!!! XD

The sarranids are the tribe of Banu Sarran in M&B 2 bannerlord after they either revolted against the aserai

My entire army is made out of Saarnid Mamelukes, and boy they're absolutely worth it! I've steamrolled Swadians, annihilated Khergits and pushed Rodhoks all the way to Ertosq castle. They do lack a bit facing a Rodhok defence, and you have to train different ranged and infantry troops before any seige, but on battlefield they can easily destroy any army twice or even sometimes thrice their size.

As a Swadia main, I think that the Sarranids need to be given a little more respect. Though I do agree that sarranid infantry is absolutely terrible, the mamlukes are a formidable foe.

Do the Khergits next

You're saying that the Elite Guard are trash?? Well try attacking a castle with 75 Master Sarranid archers, 50 Elite Guard and 50 Mamluks. See how you fare then. I fought against a castle of 155 with lesser numbers than these and had myself soldiers at max level along with 2 of my allies with around 200+ soldiers each along with my 135 and I got shredded to pieces. I attacked Yalen which had nearly a 260 strong garrison of Rhodok spearmen and Nord Huscarls and Veterans and even though I lost several times but I was able to reduce the entire garrison to dust. Whenever I fight against a smaller army with maxed out Sarranid soldiers I always worry because even though I am pretty sure of the win on all open battlefields, with them soecifically I really worry about high casualities, followed by Nords/Vaegir infantry, then Swadians, then Rhodoks and finally Khergits. But for the most part, the Sarranids are a scary faction and no wonder they own half the freaking map in my game.

Mamluks are my favorite unit bar none. I run with 119 Mamluks and 20 Swadian Knights in front of them (Knights tend to keep their shields up more on the starting charge, so I just use them to stop lancers so the Mamluks can flatten the line) And they are my favorite siege troop as well because they love using the maces to knock through the men at the top of ladders and siege ramps. Once your past that? The biggest danger is over.

Mate, you're incredibly underestimating the Sarranids. The Sarranid guards in your own video destroyed the Swadians, knights and all others. They are some of the most heavy hitting troops with their big axes, I would say only rivalled by Huscarls who are actually a higher tier and since they are not equal in tier, then they can't really be compared. The Sarranid Master Archer is the best archer unit there is, anyone who played against the Sarranids on the highest difficulty would attest to that especially during sieges that are exclusively Sarranids. The Mamluks only weak point compared to the Swadians is their armor, other than that, they are about THE most complete faction. They are shit at first but they sure do come a long long way when they reach their max level.

Resonant do you smoke mate? been wondering why your voice has changed so much over the years and it might be from smoking

You should do this for popular mods like prophecy of pendor or perisno

I started playing as the sarranids. I was new to the game and I had some struggle with the game but then I created an elite sarranid army. Helped arwa reclaim her throne and then........ joined the khergs and helped them kill the sarranids XD RIP arwa the pearled one cuz I never seen her again since the khergs won the war

9:08 91 vs 141 9:12 literal full mamlukes you got me in the first half lmao

Sarranid Mamlukes are some of the best calvery in the game yes but I belive Swadian knights can match them but it is a 50-50 on that one. Also the sarranids there is no one army that has just sarranids mamlukes.

Can you do the troops of Viking Conquest when your done with Mount and Blade. I love this I still play Native and it seems something new always happens.

Sarradian guards are not that bad they are pretty much deadly when i always watch sarradian guard vs swidian sergeant sarradian guards win even withaout throwing spears

Late game u need mamlukes to pay for the entire army. 20 mamlukes 20 swadian knights 30 sharpshooters 40 huscarls Cant lose a war with this set up, unless u cant organise ur army in positioning, flanking and charging

the only sarranid infantry I use are the skirmishers with their javelin, they are very effective to hold a position when the enemy is in short range. The sarranid archers are nice against light armored units. In my latest playthrough I used cheap sarranid skirmishers to cover my nord veterans while they advance slowly toward enemy groups. I keep my cheap khergit cavalry in orbit and charge in when the nord make contact. It's somewhat good, not as effective as a full swadian or mercenary cavalry charge, but it does the job for less denars.

That Teutonic Helmet looks great but it’s soooo damn annoying how it blocks your aim.

Trick for early game for me is to group footmen and skirmishers as infantry.hire merc cavaran guards and use them to support a cav charge by you. Do this till you get a good base of cav and archers. It's really cheap and works well.

man saranids are the best in the whole game.... you get the most money, and 50% mamlukes 50%master archer army will maul any other army....

being a muslim, i play as sarranid everytime.. just cant bring myself to play as other factions

Master archers I feel like are the best archers in the game and even better than the Rhodok Sharpshooters based on speed alone thats why I do a mix of Master Archers and Rhodok Sharpshooters to have a speed and power mix

Do sword sisters one day! Great for use as a second wave calvary unit.

i once beat the game with sand bois only

*Ceddin Deden Intensifies*

Sarranid Guards are actually quite effective if you use them right. Keep them in one place, so the ones without jarids don't run ahead of the ones that do. They're cheap, easy to train, and that uniformity. 👌 Honestly having a full army of top tier infantry will mop the floor with any ai lord since they use lots of mid-low tier units.

Dont think you gave them enough credit, they arent great, but I think the master archers are just as good as vaegir marksmen and say what you want about the sarranid guards, but they are actually very effective against heavy cavalry with spears and long axes. I still think the swadian knights have the advantage over the mamlukes, they have heavier armor and I tend to lose a lot more mamlukes in battle than knights.

Funny thing: I usually go with nords or rhodoks but now I wanted to try the sand bois for change. The AI went crazy and suddenly Veluca and Jelkala were a part of the sultanate. Although I've had much more problems with the lack of money than usual

Actually, I have already seen many experiments with Vaegir Marksman shooting against Sarranid Master Archers, with the latter always coming on top, unless when the Sarrinids were outranged.

Ok whoever is reading this hear me out. Ive watched this video before playing with the sarranids and thought to myself, "Yea just the mamlukes will be fine." But no sarranids are very good at almost everything above sarranid recruit and footman. Ive had sarranid and swadian recruits all together and it seemed that the sarranid footman were better than swadian footman and sarranid archers do ALOT of damage and master archers are obviously much better. As for sarranid guards, its fairly hard to kill them. And mamlukes are somewhat at par with knights from vaigeirs and swadia probably better. I suggest playing with them rather than listening to this guy completely.

I agree with you very much , but hey! who don't want to ride a desert horse and be so quick on his feet almost in every battle , you will reach the middle of the battle field before the enemy almost every time , I love the sarranids , they were a great addition to the game and made the game rich with culture ,weapons and horses .

I can't lose battles. My army is at 100 in my current game and I've beaten armies of 600. The trick is to get a good size group of master archers and hold your cavalry behind them and stay back. Wait for the opposing forces to come to you. Once your archers open fire, circle the mamlukes behind the enemy and charge in. Win after win after win.

And their Archers are strong. In a 1v1 they beat veigier archers and Nord Archers.

idk, but i found it funny that sarranids heavy cav without horse are better than their designated heavy infantry

Just like what you said, thier infantry is very weak but thier horsemen are so annoying,they may be weak but only if you catch them😂😂the mamlukes are extremely strong, 2 of them killed 5 of my swadian knight. I want to see the vaigers next

Every unit in warband from every faction can be used right. But the point is, you cant use swadians kinghts wrong. and thats the end of the argument.

the Sarannid guards are like Nord Huscarl Junior except with lower stats maybe and lesser armor. I'm pretty sure they can beat most of the infantry with their 1 handed and 2 handed axes.

Only Mameluks can fight against swadian tank

also the damage type of sarranid mamlukes are blunt weapons which is very effective against heavily armored units i.e. swadian knights and rhodok sergeants, so yeah they can sometimes best swadian knights just by carrying the designated knight spanking weapons.

I like to make an army of Mumlukes And Swadian Knights let the knights charge and i flank the enemy with the mumlukes

Sarranid Guards are honestly perfectly fine and get the job done. Just dont overly rely on them.

Tbh the main reason why I don't start out as Sassanid is because of the bandits on horseback in their territory.

sarrandids rank up easily

Sarranid Mamluke is one of very few high tier units in the game that can still get me fast slavery money.

historically Mamlukes bested both crusader knights and Mongol lancers.

Mamelukes are equal to Knights in my opinion

I never really thought of the Saranids as the weakest faction, if anyone got that title, I would actually say, it would probably be the Vaegirs. They get some decent mid tier troops but then they kind of just fall flat and dont even really have any decent options. I get that their archers are sort of badass, but in my experience the Vaegir infantry line just collapses long before you ever get the chance to deal out a lot of damage with them. Not only that, but as the vaegir, your only real options for fights early on are Nords who will outclass you pretty much at every step, save for in cavalry where you still take heavy losses thanks to your troops lack of good lance damage; The swadians who are just flat out the strongest faction in the game, and the khergits whose only real fault is their lack of good siege defense and poor horse archer AI.

Man fuck Sarranids it took me 2 hours to capture Barriye because of their fucking Master Archers. I had to train shit ton of Sharpshooters to kill them

Pfft. Best troop is the Dark Knight. From the beta. Their armor was ridiculous. 30 dark knights were greater than entire armies.

Try veigers

Dude their infantery is stonger than swadian infantery...

i remember looking at a list of best troops in the game and i actually pasted it here now i think it was mostly opinion but im not sure but i would imagine most of it would line up with what resonant says too. Nords - Nord Huscarls (Infantry) Vaegir - Vaegir Master Archers (Archers) Vaegir - Vaegir Sergeants (Defense Infantry) *most armored infantry* Khergits - Cavarly Archers I guess, but they still suck and die easily Sarranids - Sarranid Master Archers (Archers) *strongest archers in game* Sarranids - Mamluks (Cavalry) *highest defense and high attack* Rhodoks - Rhodok Marksmen (Crossbowmen) Swadia - Swadian Knights (Cavalry) *highest attack cavalry* An army of 70+ Swadian Knights will crush any army with the exception of 70+ Mamluks or 70+ Huscarls. I'm sure the Huscarls would win that battle, but it would be pretty even against the Mamluks. Regardless, there isn't an AI lord in this game that fields that kind of army, so 70+ Swadian Knights turns this game into easy mode. Keep about 40 Nord Huscarls and 40 Sarranid Master Archers in a castle somewhere and use that mixture for sieges and you have an unstoppable force. i did find this just from google searching for best units from each faction and it took me to a gamefaq board from 2012 gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/958942-mount-and-blade-warband/58150663

i would love a viking conquest edition

Sarranid infantry always was my favourite to slaugh... I mean, fight against😁 because they are easy to massac... defeat... I respect the mamelucs tough. They really are dangerous and give epic chasing horse combat. Great music choice by the way!

Just one question : do the Sarranid have a dedicated faction ost ? I have not been able to found one in the game. :/

One word, mameluke. It hurts when a mameluke dies.

Saranids stronlgy need horse archers to be good, forget the infantry

I deeply regret betraying them now. I'm sorry daddy Sultan. Please take me back

CATAPHRACTS !!!

I sieged a castle with them having a 2:1 advantage. My Mamelukes got about 40% of them and I won.

In the game i Begin as a nomad, and then i carry on recruiting people everywhere, a mixed army with soldiers of all factions is the most powerfull one, the strenght of all

The name Sarranid probably came from the Banu Sarran clan

Your Money or Your life

Strongest cavalry in all of calradia

Much prefer Sarranid archers to Vaegir